THE  WORLD  PAUSES 


HIS  war  has  solemnized  the  world. 
Nations  are  pausing  in  the  scramble 
of  commerce  to  look  up  into  the 
face  of  Eternity.  There  is  today 
a spiritual  renaissance  the  like  of 
which  has  not  been  known  for  centuries. 

The  rulers  and  high  literati  of  China  are  turning  by 
thousands  to  Christianity!  "The  Christian  Republic 
of  China”  may  be  nearer  at  hand  than  we  think. 
Tremendous  religious  movements  are  also  progressing 
in  Japan,  Korea,  India,  Africa,  South  America  and 
in  Europe  itself. 

Christianity,  instead  of  proving  itself  a failure, 
is  now  in  the  mid-hour  of  its  greatest  triumphs. 


SHERWOOD  EDDY, 

I the  man  who  this 
year  burst  his  way 
through  the  latet  Chinese 
wall  of  exclusiveness  says : 
"Probably  in  no  other 
country  in  the  world  today 
are  the  officials  so  accessible 
to  Christianity  as  in  China." 


A REAL 
REVOLUTION 
IN  CHINA 


By  WILLARD  PRICE 


iEFORE  me  lie  three  of  the  most  remark- 
able letters  I have  ever  seen.  They  tell 
of  a revolution  in  China — a revolution 
compared  with  which  the  political 
somersault  of  a few  years  ago  is  of 
minor  significance. 

One  of  the  most  important  events  in 
all  the  four-thousand-year  history  of 
China  has  occurred  during  the  past  twelvemonth. 

It  is  simply  this: 

Seven  thousand  of  the  men  who  rule  China — high 
officials,  merchants,  and  literati,  who  hold  the  destiny 
of  the  Republic  in  their  hands — have  entered  Christian 
Bible  classes! 


Will  China  become  a Christian 
Republic  within  twenty-five  years  ? 

As  the  leaders  of  a nation  go,  so  will  go  the  nation. 
It  is  by  no  means  impossible  that  twenty-five  years  from 
now  China  will  be  practically  a Christian  nation  I 
Fourteen  years  ago — yes,  even  four  years  ago — Christian 
leaders  would  have  scoffed  at  such  a prophecy.  To-day 
the  more  far-visioned  of  those  leaders  hope  for  such  an 
outcome.  And  if  China  does  become  Christian  within 


3 


a short  quarter  century  it  will  be  largely  because  seven 
thousand  of  the  men  whose  influence  and  example 
dominate  the  thought  and  action  of  China  have  this 
year  turned  to  Christianity. 

When  Fletcher  S.  Brockman  went  to  China  he  said: 

“If  1 can  win  one  or  two  of  these  exclusive  men  of  the 
literati  class  in  my  life  of  service  out  here,  I shall  be 
satisfied.” 

That  was  only  fifteen  years  ago.  And  this  year,  seven 
thousand! 

Who  did  it?  Many  people  had  a part  in  it,  and  rich 
credit  must  be  granted  to  the  men  who  through  the 
years  have  been  preparing  China  for  this  forward  step. 
But  the  man  who  this  year  led  the  thing  to  accomplish- 
ment was  Sherwood  Eddy.  And  the  letters  before  me 
are  copies  of  personal  letters  written  in  China  by  Sher- 
wood Eddy  to  his  brother.  Brewer  Eddy,  in  Boston. 

Read,  with  me,  a few  excerpts  from  these  letters;  and 
note,  throughout,  the  changed  attitude  of  Chinese 
officialdom  toward  Christianity. 

How  two  thousand  of  the 
officials  and  students  of  Peking 
became  Christian  inquirers. 

On  the  Yangtze,  China, 
October  1st,  1914. 

Dear  Brewer  x 

......  .President  Yuan  Shi  Kai  received  us  (in  Peking) 

and  expressed  deep  interest  in  the  meetings.  The  Vice-Presi- 
dent of  the  Republic,  General  Li  Yuan  Hung,  whom  / had 
known  last  year  as  Governor  at  Wuchang,  gave  us  a special 
luncheon  and  requested  us  to  address  his  family  and  guests. 
The  sympathetic  and  cordial  cooperation  of  the  officials  and 
students  was  in  striking  contrast  to  their  attitude  to  the  Gospel 
in  the  bloody  persecution  of  1900. 


4 


The  Ministry  of  the  Interior  at  their  own  suggestion,  granted 
us  a site  for  a pavilion  for  the  evangelistic  meetings  within 
the  Forbidden  City  itself.  It  is  the  first  time  in  history  that 
Christian  meetings  have  been  allowed  within  this  sacred  pre- 
cinct . . . This  pavilion  was  just  in  front  of  the  Imperial  Palace, 
where  to-day  resides  the  little  boy  emperor  who  abdicated 
the  Manchu  throne,  and  where  the  Dowager-Empress  ruled 
with  an  iron  hand  from  this  Forbidden  City  and  guided  the 
Boxer  Uprising  to  its  terrible  conclusion. 

While  the  Ministry  of  the  Interior  gave  us  the  site,  the 
Ministry  of  War  granted  two  hundred  tents  from  the  army 
to  make  the  pavilion  rain-proof.  The  Minister  of  Education 
granted  a half  holiday  to  all  the  government  students  in  Peking 
to  enable  them  to  attend  the  opening  meeting.  The  Minister 
of  Foreign  Affairs  sent  his  representative  to  the  meeting  in 
person. 

On  the  opening  day  four  thousand  students  crowded  the 
hall  and  listened  with  earnest  attention.  They  interrupted  al- 
most every  paragraph  with  enthusiastic  applause.  After  hard 
hitting  on  moral  issues,  however,  the  audience  on  the  second 
day  Was  reduced  to  a little  less  than  three  thousand  as  we 
spoke  on  the  sins  which  are  undermining  China's  individual 
and  national  life.  On  the  third  night  We  spoke  for  over  an 
hour  on  Jesus  Christ,  the  only  Hope  of  China. 

More  than  a thousand  men  signed  cards  as  inquirers  to  join 
Bible  classes  from  more  than  a score  of  colleges  in  the  city. 
The  next  day  at  a meeting  of  1500  schoolboys  some  500 
more  indicated  their  desire  to  join  Bible  classes.  A meeting 
Was  also  held  in  another  part  of  the  city  attended  by  1700 
of  the  gentry  and  business  men,  and  the  Board  of  Trade  asked 
for  three  hundred  reserved  seats  at  this  meeting.  Three  hun- 
dred and  fifty  of  these  men  indicated  their  desire  to  join  Bible 
classes. 

Although  twenty  thousand  men  had  attended  Professor 
Robertson  s science  lectures  the  week  before,  hundreds  of  these 


5 


men  Ti>ere  refused  tickets  for  the  evangelistic  meetings,  as  only  a 
picked  audience  of  students  and  officials  ivas  admitted. 

In  all  more  than  trvo  thousand  inquirers  expressed  their  de- 
sire to  study  the  Bible  in  classes. 

A governor,  two  generals, 
a bank  director  and  a phil- 
anthropist among  the  inquirers. 

The  response  of  the  officials  and  leaders  of  China  rvas  most 
notable  here  in  the  capital  city,  rvhich  has  long  been  the  most 
conservative  center  of  China. 

At  one  meeting  held  for  inquirers  ivho  ivere  deemed  near 
the  point  of  decision  for  the  Christian  life  1 recognized  one 
former  governor,  tivo  generals,  a private  secretary  to  the  Presi- 
dent, the  director  of  China's  national  bank,  prominent  officials, 
a young  non-Christian  philanthropist  who  has  given  this  year 
$12,000  to  Christian  work,  ^ho  is  providing  free  education 
for  several  students  and  distributing  the  Bible  to  hundreds  in 
the  capital. 

Probably  in  no  other  country  in  the  world  to-day  are  the 
officials  so  accessible  to  Christianity  as  in  China  . . . 

1 am  writing  on  the  train  as  we  are  speeding  on  our  way  to 
distant  Hunan,  where  we  are  expecting  an  even  greater  re- 
sponse to  the  Gospel  in  a province  for  which  Pitkin  and  1 used 
often  to  pray  together,  which  contained  at  that  time  not  a 
single  missionary  or  Christian  worker.  Truly  the  days  of 
miracles  have  not  passed  and  we  shall  see  '‘greater  things  than 
these. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

(Signed)  G.  S.  Eddy. 

Mr.  Eddy  speaks  of  being  on  his  way  to  Hunan,  which 
not  many  years  ago  contained  “not  a single  missionary 
or  Christian  worker.”  Times  have  changed  in  “distant 
Hunan.”  Read  the  next  letter. 


6 


How  the  most  bigoted  province  in 
China  capitulated  to  the  Gospel. 

On  the  Yangtze,  China, 

My  dear  Btewer:  October  5th,  1914. 

We  are  on  an  inland  tributary  of  the  broad  Yangtze  leav- 
ing Changsha,  the  seat  of  the  Yale  Mission  in  far  Hunan, 
Almost  too  tired  for  thought  rve  are  trying  to  unravel  the  over- 
rvhelming  impressions  of  three  crowded  days,  after  facing 
student  audiences  of  over  three  thousand  a day,  with  a thou- 
sand Confucian  students  desiring  to  join  Bible  classes  as  in- 
quirers, here  in  the  capital  of  a province  that  was  long  the  most 
bigoted  in  China  . . 

Even  as  late  as  1910,  four  short  years  ago,  in  the  Chang- 
sha riots,  the  foreigners  had  to  flee  for  their  lives,  their  churches 
were  burned  and  only  the  Yale  Mission  was  preserved  through 
the  friendship  of  the  first  man  operated  upon  in  the  hospital, 
whose  life  had  been  saved  by  Dr.  Hume. 

What  a contrast  to-day!  Near  the  Confucian  temple  we 
are  entering  a great  pavilion  erected  for  the  meetings  in  the 
grounds  given  by  the  Governor  himself.  Three  thousand 
students  have  been  admitted  to  the  meeting  by  ticket,  the 
Governor’s  band  is  in  attendance  and  his  hearty  message  of 
greeting  in  approval  of  the  meetings  is  being  read  to  the 
students  by  the  leading  government  college  president,  who  is 
in  the  chair.  At  the  close  of  the  meeting  the  Governor  s band 
played  “God  be  with  you  till  we  meet  again!” 

We  came  to  the  city  in  answer  to  a telegram  from  fifteen 
Confucian  principals  of  schools  and  colleges  inviting  us  to  ad- 
dress their  students.  The  editors  of  the  newspapers  also  have 
cooperated  and  opened  the  columns  of  the  press  to  extend  the 
message  of  the  meetings.  Seven  hundred  women  students  at- 
tended special  meetings  for  women.  Here  in  this  long-bigoted 
and  isolated  capital  are  to-day  over  8000  modem  students  in 
more  than  thirty  institutions  patterned  after  the  models  of  West- 
ern civilization. 


7 


Two  or  three  lives  laid  down 
in  1900 — a thousand  lives  taken 
up  in  1914.  A good  bargain  ? 

/ shall  never  forget  the  scene  on  the  second  day.  After 
hard  hitting  on  the  bribery,  graft  and  dishonesty  of  the  officials 
and  merchants,  and  the  immorality  of  students,  as  the  cause  of 
China's  present  Weakness,  Jve  had  expected  a falling  off  in 
the  attendance.  Nearly  half  an  hour  before  the  time  of  the 
lecture,  however,  the  doors  had  to  be  closed.  We  found 
over  three  thousand  students  crowded  in  the  hall,  and  five 
hundred  were  gathered  outside  in  an  overflow  meeting  ad- 
dressed by  one  of  the  missionaries  . . . 

As  we  Went  on  to  speak  of  Christ  and  the  meaning  of  His 
cross  and  sacrifice  there  were  tears  in  the  students’  eyes  when 
We  spoke  of  the  martyrs  of  1900  who  had  laid  down  their 
lives  for  China.  Finally,  we  asked  how  many  men  in  dead 
earnest  were  ready  to  join  Bible  classes  to  make  an  earnest 
study  of  the  four  Gospels  with  open  mind  and  honest  heart. 
Over  a thousand  Confucian  students  signed  cards  as  inquirers 
and  remained  to  an  after-meeting  . . . 

From  the  Yale  meeting  We  hastened  to  the  Governor’s  yamen 
to  speak  at  his  invitation  before  his  staff  and  the  leading  offi- 
cials of  the  province  on  what  Christianity  could  do  for  China. 
The  officials,  gentry,  leaders  of  the  Board  of  Trade  and  of 
Education  also  gave  us  a reception  and  requested  us  to  address 
them  at  another  meeting  . . . 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

(Signed)  G.  S.  Eddy. 

How  the  ruler  of  six  million 
people  became  publicity  agent 
for  a Christian  preacher. 

So  the  party  went  on  from  city  to  city.  Everywhere 
the  same  remarkable  reception  and  rousing  results. 


8 


An  amusing  and  significant  incident  occurred  at 
Amoy,  Fukien  Province.  Pending  Eddy’s  arrival,  the  man 
in  charge  of  local  preparations.  Rev.  A.  L.  Warnshuis, 
wracked  his  brain  to  think  of  some  way  of  approaching 
the  Tao-tai  or  Lieutenant  Governor  of  the  Province 
to  secure  his  endorsement  of  the  meetings.  The  Tao-tai 
was  a man  of  tremendous  influence.  The  six  million 
people  of  his  southern  section  of  the  Province  venerated 
his  word  as  gospel.  His  endorsement  would  spell 
success  for  the  campaign  in  Amoy. 

While  Warnshuis  was  debating  and  fretting,  the 
remarkable  happened  (as  usual)  and  the  Tao-tai  himself 
came  to  the  missionary. 

“I  have  heard  of  your  intended  meetings,”  he  said. 
‘‘They  are  just  what  Amoy  needs.  What  can  I do  to 
help?” 

Warnshuis  caught  his  breath  and  summoned  all  his 
wits.  He  replied,  with  some  hesitation: 

‘‘We  need  a good  site  for  the  tabernacle.” 

‘‘That  shall  be  arranged  at  once,”  replied  the  Tao-tai, 
and  he  promised  a site  in  the  very  heart  of  the  town  in 
the  most  advantageous  position.  ‘‘  Is  there  anything 
else  I can  do?” 

Then  Warnshuis  made  a request  that  would  quite 
probably  have  cost  his  head  if  the  year  had  been  1900 
instead  of  1914. 

‘‘It  would  help  greatly,”  he  suggested,  “if  you  should 
issue  an  official  proclamation  announcing  the  meetings 
and  circulate  it  throughout  the  Province!” 

“Gladly!”  returned  the  official.  And  thus  the  overlord 
of  six  million  people  became  publicity  agent  for  a 
Christian  preacher!  “What  else?” 

Mr.  Warnshuis  thought.  “I  am  sure  Mr.  Eddy  would 
appreciate  it,”  he  said,  “if  you  would  take  the  chair  at 
the  first  meeting.” 


9 


“I  should  like  nothing  better.  What  else?” 

Mr.  Warnshuis  mentioned  other  important  services 
which  the  Tao-tai  might  render.  Each  time  came  the 
insistent  question,  “What  else?” 

Finally  the  missionary  threw  up  his  hands  in  despair. 

“You’ve  beat  mel”  he  confessed.  “You  are  willing 
to  do  more  things  than  I feel  I can  ask.” 

Where  you  have  to  make  out 
a written  application 
to  be  allowed  to  go  to  church ! 

Then  the  Eddy  party  came  to  Amoy  and  this  is  the 
way  Sherwood  Eddy  describes  what  took  place: 

Hongkong,  November  9,  1914. 

My  dear  Breiver: 

As  soon  as  rve  arrived  in  the  ci/y  the  Taotai,  or  Lieutenant 
Governor  of  the  southern  part  of  the  province,  tendered  us  a 
reception,  which  Was  the  first  function  to  be  held  in  the  new 
Chamber  of  Commerce  Building  . . . No  tickets  for  the 
meetings  in  Amoy  Were  distributed  because  the  demand  was 
so  great.  They  were  restricted  to  the  leaders  of  the  com- 
munity, especially  the  officials,  business  men  and  gentry  . . . 

In  order  to  gain  admission  to  the  meetings  a man  had  to  come 
to  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Building  in  person  and  write  out  an  ap- 
plication for  tickets. 

A luncheon  Was  given  us  as  soon  as  we  arrived  in  the  city  by 
the  leading  officials.  At  this  luncheon  addresses  of  Welcome 
were  given  us  by  the  Lieutenant  Governor,  the  Minister  for 
Foreign  Affairs,  the  representatives  of  the  gentry,  the  officials, 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  educators  of  the  city  and  the 
American  Consul  . . . Following  this  luncheon  a special 
meeting  of  the  officials  of  the  city  was  held,  attended  by  about 
eighty  of  the  leading  men  . . . 


10 


On  the  opening  da'p  of  (he  public  meetings  more  than  five 
thousand  filled  the  mat  shed  which  had  been  temporarily; 
erected  in  an  open  square  of  the  cit^,  and  several  hundred  were 
turned  awa^. 

Three  thousand  men  sitting  in  the 
rain  for  an  hour — to  hear  a sermon. 

The  attendance  on  the  second  night,  however.  Was  even 
more  remarkable.  It  was  raining  and  1 was  expecting  that  the 
meeting  Would  be  postponed,  as  Chinese  do  not  come  out  in 
their  silk  garments  and  cloth  shoes  on  a rain^  night  While 
taking  supper  I received  a note  that  the  hall  was  rapidly 
filling,  and  1 hastened  through  the  streets  to  the  place. 

Here  was  a strange  spectacle.  Men  had  taken  off  their 
under-garments  to  wipe  off  the  wet  seats  and  sit  upon  these 
garments.  The  rain  kept  coming  through  the  porous  mat  shed, 
but  in  spite  of  this  fact  over  three  thousand  men  sat  for  an  hour 
as  We  spoks  upon  sin,  endeavoring  to  drive  home  conviction  on 
dishonesty,  gambling  and  impurity,  which  are  the  besetting 
sins  of  the  city.  On  the  third  night  more  than  four  thousand 
men  came  to  the  meeting,  twice  filling  the  hall.  When  it  was 
asked  how  many  were  ready  to  become  honest  inquirers  to  join 
Bible  classes,  promising  to  attend  a class  every  week  la  spite  of 
the  Warning  that  it  rrnghi  mean  opposition  if  not  persecution, 
some  twelve  hundred  non-Christian  men  gave  in  their  names 
as  desiring  to  join  these  classes.  Side  by  side  there  were  mil- 
lionaires, students,  officials  and  business  men  who  gave  in  their 
names  as  inquirers  . .,  . 

Your  loving  brother, 

Sherwood. 

A Chinese  Secretary  of  State 
who  turned  evangelist. 

So  Eddy  went  on  through  thirteen  cities.  Then  the 
inevitable  happened.  He  broke  down.  Immediately, 


II 


Mr.  Wen  Shih-Tsen  the  Minister  for  Foreign  Affairs 
and  Secretary  of  State  for  Chekiang  Province,  who 
became  a Christian  during  the  meetings  in  Hangchow, 
stepped  into  Eddy’s  shoes  and  finished  the  campaign 
with  notable  success. 

The  result  of  it  all  is  that  the  churches  of  all  denomina- 
tions in  the  trail  of  the  Eddy  campaign  are  now  busily 
engaged  following  up  and  caring  for  these  thousands 
ofj  inquirers  with  a view  to  preparing  them  for  church 
membership.  In  Peking  alone  the  twelve  Christian 
churches  have  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  seventeen 
new  adherents  to  care  for.  The  churches  in  this  city  are 
filled  to  overflowing,  and  one  church  at  least  has  had 
to  enlarge  its  quarters.  Nor  did  the  movement  stop  with 
Eddy’s  departure.  Every  Sunday  from  fifty  to  one 
hundred  new  men  join  the  classes  where  Christianity  is 
critically  studied. 

China’s  leaders  becoming  Christian 
today — China’s  millions  tomorrow. 

The  whole  tone  of  the  churches  has  changed  because 
of  the  attendance  of  large  numbers  of  students  and  public 
men  who  had  never  come  to  church  before.  Their 
scholastic  qualities  will  add  much  to  the  personality  of 
the  church.  But  most  powerful  of  all  will  be  their 
example.  With  thousands  of  the  intellectual  leaders  of 
China  aligning  themselves  with  Christianity,  with 
President  Yuan’s  sons  and  nieces  studying  in  mission 
schools,  with  his  private  secretary  participating  in 
evangelistic  campaigns  and  his  governors  and  other 
high  officials  presiding  at  Christian  meetings  and  leading 
Bible  classes — with  such  an  example  as  this  set  before 
the  millions  of  China,  it  may  happen  that  within  the 
lifetime  of  all  but  the  oldest  of  us  China  will  be  known  as 
a Christian  republic  and — East  will  meet  West. 


12 


But  that  is  not  all!  The  religious 
awakening  is  seen  not  only  in  the  Eddy 
campaign,  nor  in  China  alone.  A 
world-wide  revival  is  in  progress. 


A Billy  Sunday-like  flood  of  eleven 
thousand  converts  in  a single  city ! 

The  movement  which  I have  just  sketched  was  a 
union  movement  of  the  Protestant  denominations  under 
the  leadership  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  But  our  Methodist 
Church  alone  has  also  had  notable  success  during  the 
past  year.  Take  Hinghwa  for  example.  The  tide  has 
turned  in  this  long  reluctant  city,  and  over  eleven 
thousand  inquirers  have  come  to  the  church  during  the 
past  twelve  months.  The  Christian  community  in  this 
one  year’s  time  has  increased  forty  per  cent! 

Japan — where  converts  of  high 
position  are  taking  the  public 
platform  in  behalf  of  Christianity. 

^The  war  has  solemnized  the  world.  Spiritual  need 
has  been  forced  home  to  the  minds  of  men  as  never  before. 
In  practically  all  the  non-Christian  lands  great  numbers 
are  now  turning  to  the  church. 

“There  is  a widespread  moving  toward  Christ  through- 
out Japan,”  writes  Iglehart  from  the  Aoyama  College 
in  Tokio.  “Present  world  conditions  give  pause  even 
to  the  usually  thoughtless  youth,”  and  he  goes  on  to 
tell  of  the  recent  conversion  of  over  a hundred  students 
in  this  College. 

An  evangelistic  campaign  is  now  sweeping  Japan  with 
striking  results.  Two  of  the  converts  are  Mr.  Morioka 
who  is  a gentleman  of  great  talent  and  wealth,  and  a 


13 


lady  of  the  famous  Mitsui  family,  one  of  the  leading 
aristocratic  families  of  Japan,  Both  of  these  prominent 
converts  have  joined  the  evangelistic  campaign  and  are 
speaking  to  large  audiences  in  behalf  of  Christianity. 

Not  one,  Christian  six  years  ago 
in  Tirhoot — four  thousand  today! 

"Six  years  ago,”  writes  Bishop  F.  W.  Warne,  “when 
our  first  missionaries  went  into  Tirhoot,  North  India, 
they  could  not  win  a single  individual.  In  contrast  with 
this,  to-day  we  have  in  the  same  section  over  four 
thousand  Christians  and  fully  ten  thousand  more  clamor- 
ing for  baptism.” 

This  dramatizes  the  situation  in  India.  What  is  true  of 
this  section  is  equally  true  of  many  others.  Whole  villages 
and  whole  counties  are  turning  en  masse  to  Christianity. 

A|world-wide  revival.  The 
crowning  of  King  Dauda  Chwa, 
the  first  Christian  king  of  Uganda. 

Big  advances  have  been  made  in  other  lands.  There 
is  the  remarkable  Hocking  to  the  churches  in  France 
since  the  beginning  of  the  war.  There  is  the  revival  in 
Bulgaria,  the  plan  for  closer  cooperation  of  denomina- 
tions working  in  Mexico,  the  awakening  in  South  America 
regarding  which  Bishop  Stuntz  writes: 

“Never  in  the  history  of  the  evangelization  of  this 
continent  have  so  many  converts  been  gathered  into  the 
churches  as  during  the  past  few  months.” 

And  away  down  in  Uganda — which  now  has  twelve  hun- 
dred churches  where  twenty-five  years  ago  there  was  but 
one — the  coronation  of  the  new  king,  Dauda  Chwa,  has  just 
been  held  with  Christian  ceremonies  and  under  Christian 
auspices,  this  being  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  the 
country  that  a Christian  king  has  been  crowned  in  Uganda. 


14 


A year’s  foreign  mission  money 
shot  away  in  a day! 

Opportunities  have  never  been  so  pressing.  Needs 
have  never  been  so  great.  Money  has  never  been  shot 
away  so  prodigally  as  in  the  present  war.  The  thirty- 
seven  million  dollars  spent  on  every  day’s  fight  amounts 
to  seven  million  dollars  more  than  the  yearly  expenditure 
of  all  the  Foreign  Mission  Boards. 

“It  is  reported  that  eighty  million  dollars  has  been 
expended  in  the  purchase  of  shrapnel-shells,”  writes 
Georgel^Heber  Jones.  “It  is  said  that  under  the  condi- 
tions in  which  the  present  warfare  is  being  waged,  this 
amount  of  shrapnel  will  supply  ammunition  for  ^forty 
days  of  battle.  Each  shell  cost  twenty  dollars  and  if 
accurately  placed  is  capable  of  destroying  a score  or  more 
of  lives.  It  makes  the  heart  of  the  Christian  almost 
stop  beating  in  pitiful  helplessness  when  over  against 
this  single  expenditure  of  eighty  millions  of  dollars  for 
destructive  purposes  we  place  the  other  fact,  that  the 
cost  of  one  of  these  shells  will  provide  food,  clothing, 
shelter,  and  Christian  instruction,  for  an  entire  year  for 
a boy  or  girl  in  India  or  China.” 

The  World  Pause*! 

The  World  pauses  in  horror  at  the  European  cataclysm. 
The  World  turns  toward  the  Infinite  for  reassurance. 
The  World  is  eager  for  the  spiritual  aid  which  the  churches 
of  America  alone  are  now  in  a position  to  give.  All  the 
other  Christian  nations,  which  might  ordinarily  dispatch 
missionaries  to  take  advantage  of  the  present  tremendous 
opportunity,  are  now  locked  in  a death  grip. 

The  responsibility  is  rolled  onto  the  shoulders  of  young 
America.  What  shall  we  do  about  it? 


15 


Sin(^e  copies  free. 

In  quantities  $1.25  per  hundred. 


BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS 
OF  THE  METHODIST  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH 
150  Fifth  Avenue.  New  York 


